The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-06-02
POLITICAL PARTIES


of this country, and see what they are
doing for the arrest Of this evil and for
the overflow of this abomination. Reso.
lutions-oh yes, resolutions about Nor.
monism It is safe to attack that
organized nastiness two thousand miles
away. But not one resolution against
drunkenness, which would turn this
entire nation into one bestial Salt Lake
City. Resolutions against political cor.
ruption, bat not one word about drunk
enness, which would rot this nation
from scalp to heel. Resolutions about
protection against competition with for.
eign industries, but not one word about
protection of family and church and
nation against the scalding, blasting, all
consuming, damning tariff fstroDg drink
put upon every financial, individual,
spiritual, moral, national interest. The
Democratic party-in power fer the
most of the time for forty years-what
did that national party do for the extir.
patton of this evil Nothing, absolutely
nothing, appallingly nothing. The Re.
publican party has been in power for
about quarter Of 8 century. What has
it done as a national party to extirpate
this evil? Nothing, absolutely nothing,
appalling1y nothing. I look in another
direction.
THE CHURCH
Of Goo is the grandest and most glorious
institution on earth. What has it in
solid phalanx accomplished for the
overthrow Of Drunkenness? Have its
forces ever been marshalled? No, not in
this direction. Not long ago great
ecclesiastical court assembled in New
York, and resolutions arraigning strong
drink we're offered, and clergymen with
strong drink on their tables and strong
drink in their cellars defeated the reso-
lutions by threatening speeches. They
could not bear to give up their own lusts.
tell this audience what many of you
may never have thought of, that to day
not in the millennium, but to-day
the Church holds the balance of power
in America; and if Christian people
the men and the women who profess to
love the Lord Jesus Christ and to love
purity and to he the sworn enemies of all
uucleanness and debauchery and sin-ii
all such would march side by side and
shoulder to shoulder, this evil would soon
be overthrown. Think of 100000
churches and Sunday.schools in Chris.
tendon marching shoulder to shoulder
How very short time it would take
them to put down this evil, if all the
churches of God, translsntic and cisat.
lantic, were armed on this subject
Of course it is not the province of the
sermon / preach this morning to dwell
80 much as l shall hereafter upon the
ways to contend against these great
national evils, but / shall not let the
opportunity pass in this. discourse,
whether it is logically part of it or not
I shall not let this opportunity pass
without charging. you, the. voters oi
America, on the first Tuesday in Novem.
Der, to go from your knees to the ballot.
box, and then from the ballot.box back
to your knees. Ask God what to do, and
he will make it plain. Do not ask your
political party. Vote with reference to
that day when you must give an account
YOUNG MEN OF AMERICA,
pass over into the army of tetotalism
Whiskey, good to preserve corpses
ought never. to turn you into corpse
Tens of thousands Of young men have
been dragged out of respectability, ano
out of purity, and out of good character
and into darkness by this Internal stuff
called strong drink. Do not touch it
Do not touch it!
A CoNEY ISLAND. TRAGEDY. ~.
In the front door of this church, sum,
mer before last, this scene occurred
Sabbath morning young man was
entering here for divine worship. a
friend passing along the street said
"Joe, come along with me; I am going
down to Coney Island. and we'll have 8
gay Sunday" ...No," replied Joe; 81
have started to 60 here to church, and
am going to attend service here" &c
Joe," his friend said, "you can so tc
church any time! The day is bright
and we'll go to Coney Island, and well
have splendid time." The temptation
was TOO great, and the twain went to the
beach, spent the day in drunkenness and
riot. The evening train started up from
Brighton. The young men were on it
Joe, in his into1ication, when the train
was in full speed, tried to pass around
from one seat to another, and fell and
was crushed. Under the lantern, as Joe
lay bleeding his life away on the grass
be said to his comrade: "John that was
a bad business, your taking me away
from church it was very bad business
You ought not to have done that, John
want you to tell the boys Tomorrow
when you see them that rum and Sab
bath-breaking did this for me. And
John, while you are telling them, I vii
be in hell, and it will be your fault"
Is it not time for me to pull out from
the great organ of Cords Word, with
many banks of keys, the tremlo stop
"Look not upon the wine when it is red,
when it moveth itself Alright in the cup,
for at last it biteth like serpent and
stingeth like an adder" Az, is it not
time for me to pull out the trumpet stop
of the text? Awake, ye drunkards and
weep; and howl, all ye drinkers Of
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